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Albert Clay “Chris” Bilicke

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Albert Clay “Chris” Bilicke

Birth
Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
Death
7 May 1915 (aged 53)
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Entombed in the RMS Lusitania Add to Map
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Victim of the Lusitania sinking. He operated the fashionable Cosmopolitan Hotel on Allen Street in Tombstone Arizona from 1879 to 1882. He was also a Freemason. His nickname was "Chris," and he appears in the history books as so.

Albert Clay was born to German immigrants, Charles Gustave & Caroline (Sigismund) Bilicke. His one sister, Louisa Emma Bilicke McHenry Babcock, intertwined his life with the central valley of California.

Albert died when German forces bombed the English passenger ship "Lusitania." His body was never recovered.

At the time of his passing, he left a wife and three young children: Gladys, Constant, Nancy, & Archibald.
Victim of the Lusitania sinking. He operated the fashionable Cosmopolitan Hotel on Allen Street in Tombstone Arizona from 1879 to 1882. He was also a Freemason. His nickname was "Chris," and he appears in the history books as so.

Albert Clay was born to German immigrants, Charles Gustave & Caroline (Sigismund) Bilicke. His one sister, Louisa Emma Bilicke McHenry Babcock, intertwined his life with the central valley of California.

Albert died when German forces bombed the English passenger ship "Lusitania." His body was never recovered.

At the time of his passing, he left a wife and three young children: Gladys, Constant, Nancy, & Archibald.


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